In the second part of the Explaining Privilege series, I talk about how the socialization of marginalized and privileged groups reinforce the blindspots of privileged groups, which in turn causes a cycle that deprioritizes the needs of marginalized people.
Explaining Privilege Part 1: WHAT Is Privilege?
This article covers the absolute basic answers to the question, what is privilege, including social, financial, and institutional privilege.
Untangling Sexualization from Objectification
When you are going through the process of untangling sexualization from objectification, sexual empowerment from sexual exploitation, it can be hard to determine whether the sexual expression you’re seeing is harmful or not.
The Future of Book Reading: Stop Sharing this Graphic for Book Lovers
There are a lost of class and ability based problems with this graphic that Robert Brewer created to demonstrate his love of books and concern for the future of book reading.
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This is the old version of the article “9 Things That Blocked My Access to Medical Treatment”
When You Want to Fight in the Resistance But You’re Not an SJW
The idea of “Social Justice Warrior” can be expanded into other rpg classes, until you have a full team to fight in the resistance. But healers are few and far between.
You Need this Thread on Emotional Labor in your life
For this post, I wanted to focus on an incredible compilation of posts assembled by Olivia K. Lima and Timid Robot Zehta on MetaFilter: a thread on emotional labor.
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The original version of “Why I Stopped Taking Gabapentin”
Who Is Marginalized?
There are a number of traits for which people are oppressed, and these traits fall into a number of categories. To be involved in social justice work, you must first understand who is marginalized. This article breaks that down.
Welcome to Yopp, the Social Justice Blog!
Welcome to the official inaugural post of Yopp, the social justice blog dedicated to reducing oppression and spreading awareness about civil rights topics.